A. F. (Augustus Ferryman) Mockler-Ferryman

Born in 1856, A. F. Mockler-Ferryman — Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman — became a British Army officer and later wrote extensively under the shorter form of his name. His surviving bibliography shows a wide range of interests, including military history, travel, geography, and fiction.

Many of his best-known works reflect those interests directly. He wrote books such as British Nigeria, Up the Niger, Peeps at Many Lands: Norway, The Treasure of the Tigris, and The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793–1815. Taken together, they suggest a writer who liked to combine firsthand knowledge, historical detail, and a strong sense of place.

Mockler-Ferryman died in 1930. Today, his work remains most interesting for readers who enjoy older military writing, imperial-era travel books, and adventure stories shaped by late Victorian and Edwardian experience.